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^       The year is 850.  After a period a chaos surrounding the fall of Rome, 
^Europe has settled down to a period of several hundred years of relative peace and 
^stabillity.  All that is about to drastically change.  The Vikings have begun a two  
^hundred year period of pillaging and conquering that will leave almost no part of 
^the West untouched. By the time they finally settled down after converting to
^Christianity they had profoundly changed history.  The trouble was, they had great
^difficulty holding onto the areas they conquered, and were unable to use their
^military prowess to forge a large empire. Can you learn from their mistakes?
^        The game has also been just as throughly designed and playtested for the 
^human player to be either the Abbasids or the Byzantine Empire.  These two advanced
^powers are fighting a holy war over the control of the Mediterranean.  The Abbasids
are also facing a breakdown in control in the far west of their empire.
^
^TRY FIRST: The Vikings
^FOR A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF GAME: The Abbasids or Byzantines
^ALSO A GOOD IDEA: The Hungarians
^IFFY: Franks or Holy Roman Empire
^PLEASE DON'T: The Independents
^
^^SPECIAL NOTES:
^See the file "Readme.txt" for a detailed description of how this scenario works.
^It is recommended that this scenario be played with the capabilities available 
^with the Scenario CD-Rom, but it can be played without them (though not as well).
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